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Month: October 2016

BASS AT ITS BEST, NEARLY

BASS AT ITS BEST, NEARLY

October 31, 2016January 29, 2018 21 Comments

Just outside Lichfield in the village of Whittington is the parish church of St Giles where I once attended the wedding of one of Mrs RM’s Uni friends.  It cost about a zillion times more than our own wedding; I think her Dad owned the salt mine.  I’m sure Mrs RM wants to tell me off… Continue reading BASS AT ITS BEST, NEARLY

Draught BassPork scratchingsRed TriangleStaffordshireThe BellWhittington

LICHFIELD – TIRED OF MICROPUBS, TIRED OF LIFE

October 30, 2016March 22, 2017 28 Comments

  “Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms”. Samuel Johnson, on completing the 1770 Good Beer Guide. What a wonderfully underrated little place Lichfield is.  There’s not much to do, but its streets are made for walking.  Mostly into the back of… Continue reading LICHFIELD – TIRED OF MICROPUBS, TIRED OF LIFE

THE CHAIN JOYS OF SUTTON COLDFIELD

October 29, 2016October 31, 2016 16 Comments

  An early start today to see Sutton Coldfield at its best. Which is basically Sutton Park, one of Birmingham’s busiest green spaces. The ducks were queuing up to dive in their special swimming pool. (PLEASE NOTE – These are Canadian geese which should be avoided. Thanks to Richard Coldwell for the info.) It’s a… Continue reading THE CHAIN JOYS OF SUTTON COLDFIELD

SHEFFIELD’S UNIVERSITY ARMS

October 29, 2016October 29, 2016 19 Comments

  Another day, another chance for me to embarrass my son by taking endless photos of Universities. We’re coming to an end of a week driving him round Open Days and Campus Tours.  All very exciting, but I’ll spare you Guildford. Sheffield was a late addition, hence a second trip to Meadowhall in a week.  Can’t… Continue reading SHEFFIELD’S UNIVERSITY ARMS

TESTING THE py HYPOTHESIS

October 28, 2016 44 Comments

  A GUESS THE PUB SPECIAL TODAY  You’ll notice a consistent theme in this blog, along the lines of “More isn’t necessarily better“.  The number of OK but indifferent beers I get when a pump has half a dozen or more handpumps is rising by the day. Having said that, multi-pump pubs like that are still the… Continue reading TESTING THE py HYPOTHESIS

TOP 100 PUBS – KING CHARLES II, WORCESTER

TOP 100 PUBS – KING CHARLES II, WORCESTER

October 27, 2016October 29, 2016 12 Comments

I was tempted to give the Plough the nod as a Top 100 pub, just for their barely concealed contempt for Charles’s repeated request for samplers.  Try doing that in a Sam Smiths pub with Sir Humphrey standing there mate ! Instead, I’m using equally spurious logic to make the award to the King Charles II… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – KING CHARLES II, WORCESTER

BORN PIPPY -A MONDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER

BORN PIPPY -A MONDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER

October 26, 2016October 2, 2018 23 Comments

There has to be a Top 100 pub in Worcester really. A year ago it would probably have been the Paul Pry, never the most predictable pub and apparently closed again.  My visit on General election night was a year’s highlight, this pint of Hobsons a classic. On Monday night  I met a couple of… Continue reading BORN PIPPY -A MONDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER

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